I can make my session crash when docking the laptop into a docking station. Reliably. Sometimes it crashes when undocking. But only since a few days.
Feb 15 17:15:21 unibox usbguard-daemon[1765]: [1518711321.403] (A) result=SUCCESS identity={ uid=0 pid=1765 } type=Device.Remove device='allow id 046d:c52b serial "" name "USB Receiver" hash "DH2YgWl2OvHJrGcyjj6qXCNRiJUSthFxHLqRCtlssVA=" parent-hash "zC/l1hLcFOg5CzEKcyZMP/h1xmdZLnH5ssvafoV6pj0=" via-port "1-4.4.2" with-interface { 03:01:01 03:01:02 03:00:00 }'
Feb 15 17:15:21 unibox usbguard-daemon[1765]: [1518711321.404] (A) result=SUCCESS identity={ uid=0 pid=1765 } type=Device.Remove device='allow id 17ef:100f serial "Rev1.2" name "Lenovo ThinkPad Dock" hash "zC/l1hLcFOg5CzEKcyZMP/h1xmdZLnH5ssvafoV6pj0=" parent-hash "OkrTUwAUxn55t8+ezGtkhdgxjz9TIluGUS+bjFE+iC4=" via-port "1-4.4" with-interface { 09:00:01 09:00:02 }'
Feb 15 17:15:21 unibox usbguard-daemon[1765]: [1518711321.410] (A) result=SUCCESS identity={ uid=0 pid=1765 } type=Device.Remove device='allow id 17ef:1010 serial "" name "Lenovo ThinkPad Dock " hash "OkrTUwAUxn55t8+ezGtkhdgxjz9TIluGUS+bjFE+iC4=" parent-hash "jEP/6WzviqdJ5VSeTUY8PatCNBKeaREvo2OqdplND/o=" via-port "1-4" with-interface 09:00:00'
Feb 15 17:15:21 unibox kernel: e1000e: enp0s31f6 NIC Link is Down
Feb 15 17:15:21 unibox gnome-shell[1446]: meta_monitor_manager_get_logical_monitor_from_number: assertion '(unsigned int) number < g_list_length (manager->logical_monitors)' failed
Feb 15 17:15:21 unibox gnome-shell[1446]: meta_workspace_get_work_area_for_monitor: assertion 'logical_monitor != NULL' failed
Feb 15 17:15:21 unibox gnome-shell[1446]: ../../../../glib/gmem.c:130: failed to allocate 18446744072098939136 bytes
Feb 15 17:15:21 unibox org.gnome.Shell.desktop[1446]: == Stack trace for context 0x55bd4a82f000 ==
Feb 15 17:15:21 unibox org.gnome.Shell.desktop[1446]: #0 0x55bd4a970c70 i resource:///org/gnome/shell/ui/panel.js:171 (0x7fd75c006f78 @ 46)
Feb 15 17:15:21 unibox org.gnome.Shell.desktop[1446]: #1 0x7ffced7ca4a0 I resource:///org/gnome/gjs/modules/_legacy.js:82 (0x7fd75c5c2c48 @ 71)
Feb 15 17:15:21 unibox org.gnome.Shell.desktop[1446]: #2 0x55bd4a970ba8 i resource:///org/gnome/shell/ui/panel.js:318 (0x7fd75c009670 @ 624)
Feb 15 17:15:21 unibox org.gnome.Shell.desktop[1446]: #3 0x7ffced7cb0a0 I resource:///org/gnome/gjs/modules/_legacy.js:82 (0x7fd75c5c2c48 @ 71)
Feb 15 17:15:21 unibox org.gnome.Shell.desktop[1446]: #4 0x55bd4a970b10 i resource:///org/gnome/shell/ui/panel.js:254 (0x7fd75c009450 @ 156)
Feb 15 17:15:21 unibox org.gnome.Shell.desktop[1446]: #5 0x7ffced7cbcb0 I resource:///org/gnome/gjs/modules/_legacy.js:82 (0x7fd75c5c2c48 @ 71)
Feb 15 17:15:21 unibox org.gnome.Shell.desktop[1446]: #6 0x7ffced7cbd80 b self-hosted:917 (0x7fd75c5ee4d8 @ 394)
Feb 15 17:15:21 unibox gnome-terminal-[2089]: Error reading events from display: Connection reset by peer
Feb 15 17:15:21 unibox evolution-alarm[1898]: Error reading events from display: Connection reset by peer
Feb 15 17:15:21 unibox org.gnome.Shell.desktop[1446]: (EE)
Feb 15 17:15:21 unibox org.gnome.Shell.desktop[1446]: Fatal server error:
Feb 15 17:15:21 unibox org.gnome.Shell.desktop[1446]: (EE) failed to read Wayland events: Connection reset by peer
Feb 15 17:15:21 unibox org.gnome.Shell.desktop[1446]: (EE)
Feb 15 17:15:21 unibox update-notifier[2367]: g_hash_table_destroy: assertion 'hash_table != NULL' failed
Feb 15 17:15:21 unibox update-notifier.desktop[2367]: Unable to init server: Could not connect: Connection refused
Feb 15 17:15:21 unibox update-notifier.desktop[2367]: Failed to init the UI: Cannot open display:
Feb 15 17:15:21 unibox systemd[1387]: gnome-terminal-server.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE
Feb 15 17:15:21 unibox systemd[1387]: gnome-terminal-server.service: Unit entered failed state.
Feb 15 17:15:21 unibox systemd[1387]: gnome-terminal-server.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.
Feb 15 17:15:21 unibox polkitd(authority=local)[991]: Unregistered Authentication Agent for unix-session:2 (system bus name :1.74, object path /org/freedesktop/PolicyKit1/AuthenticationAgent, locale en_GB.UTF-8) (disconnected from bus)
Feb 15 17:15:21 unibox gnome-session-binary[1411]: Unrecoverable failure in required component org.gnome.Shell.desktop
Feb 15 17:15:21 unibox gnome-session-binary[1411]: WARNING: Application 'org.gnome.Shell.desktop' killed by signal 5
Feb 15 17:15:21 unibox gnome-session[1411]: gnome-session-binary[1411]: WARNING: Application 'org.gnome.Shell.desktop' killed by signal 5
Feb 15 17:15:21 unibox gsd-rfkill[1690]: g_object_notify: object class 'CcRfkillGlib' has no property named 'kernel-noinput'
Feb 15 17:15:21 unibox usbguard-daemon[1765]: [1518711321.793] (A) result=SUCCESS identity={ uid=0 pid=1765 } type=Device.Remove device='allow id 0451:8140 serial "" name "" hash "dVCymwEseQzOxQLvV2aMaQqCXF0z5xnHiHD5odaR/TM=" parent-hash "dVCymwEseQzOxQLvV2aMaQqCXF0z5xnHiHD5odaR/TM=" via-port "2-4.1.3.4" with-interface 09:00:00'
ProblemType: Crash
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 17.10
Package: gnome-shell 3.26.2-0ubuntu0.1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.13.0-35.39-generic 4.13.13
Uname: Linux 4.13.0-35-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.7-0ubuntu3.7
Architecture: amd64
CrashCounter: 1
CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
Date: Thu Feb 15 17:06:51 2018
DisplayManager: gdm3
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/gnome-shell
InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-10-13 (125 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 17.10 "Artful Aardvark" - Beta amd64 (20171012)
ProcCmdline: /usr/bin/gnome-shell
Signal: 5
SourcePackage: gnome-shell
StacktraceTop:
g_malloc0 () at /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libglib-2.0.so.0
() at /usr/lib/gnome-shell/libst-1.0.so
_st_create_shadow_pipeline () at /usr/lib/gnome-shell/libst-1.0.so
_st_create_shadow_pipeline_from_actor () at /usr/lib/gnome-shell/libst-1.0.so
() at /usr/lib/gnome-shell/libst-1.0.so
Title: gnome-shell crashed with signal 5 in g_malloc0()
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
UserGroups: adm cdrom dip libvirt lpadmin plugdev sambashare sudo
Thank you for taking the time to report this crash and helping to make this software better. This particular crash has already been reported and is a duplicate of bug #1748450, so is being marked as such. Please look at the other bug report to see if there is any missing information that you can provide, or to see if there is a workaround for the bug. Additionally, any further discussion regarding the bug should occur in the other report. Please continue to report any other bugs you may find.